Fare-register-operating mechanism.



J. P. OHMER. FARE REGISTER OPERATING MECHANISM.

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Patented July 8, 1913.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22. 1911.

J. P. OHMER.

FARE REGISTER OPERATING MECHANISM.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 22. 1911.

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J. F. OHMBR. FARE REGISTER OPERATING MECHANISM.

Patented July 8, 1913.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1911. 1,067,1 31

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JOHN F. OHMER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO- OHMER FARE REGISTERCOMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

FARE-REGISTEB-OPERATING MECHANISM.

Application filed November 22, 1911.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN F. OHMER, a citizenof the United States, residing at Dayton, in the count-y of Montgomeryand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFare-Register- Operating Mechanism; and I do declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it ppertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fare registerand indicating devices, and is especially adapted for use in connectionwith turnstiles on pay as you enter cars.

The object of the invention is to provide means by which the incomingpassenger not only registers the amount of the fare paid by him or her,but is also informed by means wholly under his or her control that thefare thus registered is in fact the fare or amount handed to theconductor.

in carrying outthe objects and purposes of my invention, I employ a fareregister, which may be an indicating fare register or not. I prefer,however, to employ a multiple fare register such as is shown anddescribed in many of my former patents. For example, Reissue Patent No.11,867 of October 30, 1900. In connection therewith I employ anindicator remote from the register, and a turnstile with connectingmeans between said turnstile and said register and the indicator wherebythe passengers when going through the turnstile operate, simultaneously,the register and the indicator. Selective means are also employed, suchas is shown in many of my former patents, for example, Reissue PatentNo. 11,911 of May 28, 1901, for selecting the fare to be registered andindicated at the machine and at indicator remote therefrom. By thusproviding suitable connections between the turnstile and the register,and an auxiliary indicator also connected wit-h the turnstile, the farescollected from passengers are not only registered by the passengerspassing through the turnstile, but they are also indicated at the sametime by the same movement of said turnstile. The auxiliary indicator socon- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, 1913.

SerialNo. 661,728.

nected with the turnsti-le is arranged in a position to be readily seenby the passengers as they pass through the turnstile.

Referring in general terms to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view of one end of a pay as you enter car equipped with myinvention: Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the selecting mechanism of theauxiliary indicator, which is in full view of the passenger as he passesthrough the turnstile: Fig. 8 is a section on the line a a of Fig. 4:Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the auxiliary indicator with the casingremoved: F 5 is a side elevation of the turn stile: Fig. 6 is a detailview of the setting mechanism: Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the fareregister and indicator with part of thecasing broken away: Fig. 8 is afront elevation of the actuating mechanism for the fare register andindicator: and Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the fare register andindicater partially in section.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 shows the interior of apay as you enter car having a platform 2 and a bulkhead 3 provided withthe usual doorway. Mounted upon the bulkhead 3, above the doorway, andon the interior of the car, is a multiple fare register 4 of the typeshown and described in the Reissue Patent No. 11,867 of Oct. 30-, 1900,granted to Ohmer and Tyler, and inwhich are arranged banks of countersupon which the several denominations of fares are registered. Theregister 4 is provided with a setting device 5 which is connected to asprocket chain 6, and is also provided with an actuating device 5 whichis connected to a rod 7. The sprocket chain 6 is shifted to select thefare to be registered and indicated, by a handle 8 mounted on a shaft 9journaled in an upright standard 10. The upper end of the shaft 9 has amiter gear 11 in mesh with a similar gear 12 on a shaft 18. The shaft 13carries a sprocket 14 around which the chain 6 passes The handle 8operates in connecting with a conductors indicator 15, and by means ofwhich, the conductor selects the fare to be paid by the passenger andwhich is registered: and indicated by the passenger as he passes throughthe turn stile. The connection or rod 7 is actuated to register thefare, by the turnstile, which is mounted on the platform 2, and consistsof a standard 16 and a rotating head 17 provided with arms 18. The head17 is connected to a crank 19 through gears 20 of such proportions thatthe crank makes one revolution to each partial revolution of the head17. The said crank 19 is connected to the rod 7 through the followinginstrumentalities; a rod 21, a bellcrank lever 22 mounted in a standard23, a rod 24, abellcrank lever 25 also mounted in. the standard 23, arod 26, and a bellcrank lever 27 mounted on the bulkhead 3 and to whichsaid rod 7 is directly connected. The standard 10 before referred to, isprovided with a guard rail 28 which guides the passengers through theturnstile. It will therefore be seen, that the fare is selected by theconductor and registered by the passenger.

dtegistering machines of the type shown are provided with a plurality offare inclicators 29 which are exposed to view on the interior of the carconcurrently with the registration of the fare by the individualactuators 29 which also actuate the counters. The said indicators areheld in such position by the transverse holding bar 29 until a fare ofanother denomination is subsequently registered. These indicators notbeing under the absolute control of the conductor, he is prevented frommanipulating the setting device to register a fare of smallerdenomination or different from that to be paid because the fare paid bythe passenger will be indicated to him directly at the time of andsubsequent to its registration, which occurs when he passes through theturnstile. The indicators 29 however, are not in a position to bereadily viewable by the passenger, and this enables the conductor totamper with the fare collections in case he is so inclined. To overcomethis an auxiliary indicator which may be properly termed the passengersindicator, is provided in a suitable position to be readily seen by himas he passes through the turnstile.

Mounted within the doorway, upon the bulkhead 3, is a rear casing 30, towhich is attached a front casing 31. The said front casing 31 isprovided with a sightopening 32 through which may be exposed to view,any one of a plurality of fare indicators 33. These indicators 33 areprovided on their exposed sides or faces with characters which representthe various denominations of fares, and are attached to sliding members34, whereby said indicators may be elevated to exposed positions. Thesliding members 34 are mounted on guides 35 attached to cross bars 36mounted on a plate 37. The sliding members 34 are provided withprojections 38 adapted to be engaged by a vertically and horizontallymovable actuator 39. When the said actuator 39 is moved horizontally,the indicator 33 to be set or exposed is selected, and when movedvertically, the selected indicator is elevated to an exposed position.To hold each indicator in an exposed or elevated position, the slidingmembers 34 are provided with cam propections 40 which are engaged ontheir lower sides by a yoke 41 pivoted at- 42. hen one of the indicatorsis elevated, its particular cam projection 40 will release the yoke 41from engagement with the pre viously elevated indicator, therebypermitting said previously elevated indicator to fall by gravity,assisted by spring-controlled pins 42 The actuator 39 is verticallymovable on a carriage 43, which is horizontally movable on a track 44mounted on the rear casing 30; such horizontal movement is imparted tosaid carriage by a sprocket chain 45 attached to a projection 46 in thecarriage. The sprocket chain 45 is guided by pulleys 47 and passesaround a guide sprocket 49. The sprocket wheel 49 is mounted on a shaft50, which in turn is mounted on the bulkhead 3 and is provided with amiter gear 51 in mesh with a miter gear 52, said miter gears beingmounted on a housing 53. The miter gear 52 is attached to a sprocket 54which is engaged by the sprocket chain 6 of the register 4. The fare tobe indicated by the passengers indicator will therefore be selectedconcurrently with the selection of the fare to be indicated andregistered in the register or machine 4. The actuator 39 is movedvertically to expose an indicator 33, by a lift or gate 55 movable onguides 56 in the rear casing 30 and substantially like the gate throughwhich the fares are registered and indicated at the machine. The saidgate 55 is elevated by a bellcrank lever 57 fulcrumed at 58 and engaginga projection 59 on said gate. The bellcrank lever 57 is connected withthe bellcrank lever 25 by a rod 60. The auxiliary indicators 33 arethereforeactuated by the turnstile concurrently with the actuation ofthe counters and indicators in the register 4.

From the foregoing description the advantage of such an arrangement ofindicators will be readily appreciated. The passenger as he approachesthe turnstile pays the fare to the conductor whose duty it is to collectthe proper fare and immediately set the proper register and indicatorfor operation. The auxiliary indicator, as We rave seen, is immediatelyin front of the passenger as he passes through the turnstile, and isexposed to his view at such pointwhen he passes through as well as atthe register. Under such conditions it is clear that no attempt atmanipulating the fares will be attempted when so easily detected by thepassenger paying it. It will be readily seen that the chance ofmanipulating fares is obviated and it will be further seen that the fareindications at the register may be or may not be used, as the mainpurpose of indicators in the collection of fares is to indicate theproper registration of fares to the passengers.

Having described my invention, I claim.

1. As a means for registering fares, a plurality of registering devices,a single member for actuating a desired one of said devices, flexiblemeans for determining the registering device to be actuated by saidsingle member, a plurality of indicating devices each adapted toindicate the fare reg istered and under the control. of said flexiblemeans, means under the control of the operator for actuating saidflexible means and means for simultaneously actuating said single memberto register a desired fare and all of said indicating devices toindicate the fare registered.

2. As a means for registering fares, a plurality of registering devices,a single member for actuating a desired one of said devices, settingmeans for determining the registering device to be actuated by saidsingle member, a plurality of indicating devices, one of said devicesbeing actuated by said single member and the other of said devices beingcontrolled by the said setting means means under the control of theoperator for actuating said setting means and means for actuating saidsingle member to operate the desired registering device and one of saidindicators and for simultaneously actuating the other of saidindicators.

3. As a means for registering fares, a plurality of registering devices,a single member for registering a desired one of said devices, settingmeans for determining the registering device to be actuated by saidsingle member comprising a carriage carrying said single member and amember attached directly to said carriage, a plurality of indicatingdevices, one of said devices being actuated by said single member andthe other of said devices being controlled by said member attached tosaid carriage means under the control of the operator for actuating saidsetting means and means for actuating said single member to operate thedesired registering device and one of said indicators and forsimultaneously actuating the other of said indicators.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

- JOHN F. OHMER. Vitnesses R. J. MOCARTY, MATTHEW SIEBLER.

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